About Me
My name is Dave Hawkins. I have a rather unique background and outlook on life. My father is a Bible translator for an Indian tribe in S. America and my mother is a brilliant linguist and musician. Our family lived in a grass hut in the jungle for some time and this gave me a unique perspective on life. My parents also instilled a deep respect for the Scriptures in me. My respect for Scripture was later deepened through the writings of Josh McDowell and C.S. Lewis. I got an electrical engineering degree 25 years ago because I love electronic gadgets but I was never a “real” engineer. I flew jets and helicopters in the Air Force instead. Then I went into business and that has been a fun ride – not quite as fun as flying upside down and pulling G’s or lighting the afterburners, but good nonetheless. My first business was hydroponic tomatoes because I love agriculture. But it did not pay well, so I sought other, better paying businesses so I could regroup and enter agriculture again more successfully. I am now a partner in two businesses – a business brokerage www.abmi.net and an insurance restoration company www.vincopartners.com. I am also a former board member and fan of Kids4Truth International where I have also dabbled in writing poetry (of all things!) With good teams in place running our businesses for the most part, I have time these days to research, write and plan my reentrance 
into agriculture. The last 4 years have been particularly life changing for me. In 2008, I really caught Joel Salatin’s vision for “healing the land” and with it, healing many other things in our society. (Notice the reference about healing the land in II Chronicles 7:14) I came back from Joel’s 2008 Field Day quite inspired and I rushed out and tried to get involved. But my timing was not God’s timing and I had to wait. The vision has remained alive, however, and it only gets stronger and more clear as I study and write and wait on God’s perfect timing. In March of 2011 at the prompting of my father and one of his great admirers, Jan Milton of Operation Renewed Hope, I returned to the jungle in S. America and visited a small village in Guyana called Masakenari. This visit had a powerful impact on me. My father’s intent in urging me to go was to help the Wai Wai Indians with their agriculture. But I ended up realizing that they actually have more to teach us about agriculture and food than we have to teach them. In the last year, I have come to realize that Western Civilization has highly destructive and unsustainable agricultural practices and very unhealthy food. The writings of Mary Ann Shearer and Joel Fuhrman got me to change my diet to more natural foods in 2011 (mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts) and introduced me to fasting for health. Then Joel Fuhrman’s “Super Immunity” and Joel Salatin’s most recent books introduced me to the idea that pathogenicity of microbes is a function of nutritional deficiency, then Weston Price’s monumental study, “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” really helped me obtain a complete and balanced view of healthy food and how it relates to healthy agriculture and 
healthy societies. My view in a nutshell now is “Natural Food = Good Health” whether it is grass fed meats, milk and eggs, or fruits and vegetables, or natural sea salt or what have you. And by “natural food” I mean “unprocessed food.” And finally, the writings of Joel Salatin and Allan Savory have made me realize that agriculture in the world today is broken and is destroying our farmland and rangeland (in addition to our health). Interestingly, God brought two additional business partners into my life late last year who understand much of this and share my vision for helping to fix it. I cannot speak highly enough about my current business partners. God has truly brought some amazing people into my life. The purpose of my blog is to produce articles about the Bible, Science and Healthy Food & Agriculture that are not found elsewhere on the web. I hope you enjoy it!